A geometric shape formed by the intersection of a cone by a plane parallel to its side
Geometrically a parabola can be described as the points in a plane whose distance from a fixed point called the focus is equal to the points distance from a fixed line called the directrix The distance p from the vertex (the point midway between the focus and directrix) is called the focal length
A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides
(sol) The geometrically-curved shape used in the design of SOLAR COOKER to focus sunlight on a single point A parabola is based on a family of quadratic curves F - parabole S - parabola
An open curve all points of which are equidistant from a fixed point, called the focus , and a straight line See conic section
{i} curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side (Mathematics)
A curve of the form Y = u + vX + wX², where u, v and w are constants, X and Y the variables The symbiosis between kinetic and gravitational energies in a simple harmonic system is an example of a parabolic relationship
A plane curve generated by a point, so moving that its distance from a fixed point is always equal to its distance from a straight line
A plane curve generated by a point moving so that its distance from a fixed point is equal to its distance from a fixed line: the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to an element of the cone
One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction
It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix